Young Adult/YA Archives

SCYTHE: Podcast Episode 5 on Dark Side of the Word

Posted on June 30, 2023June 30, 2023 by CJ | A Well-Read Tart

Hello, Tartlets and Darksiders! A new podcast episode is up on Dark Side of the Word. Join me and Kait as we discuss the YA fantasy novel Scythe by Neal Shusterman. In a world where basic human misery is no longer a concern, the revered but fearsome Scythes exist solely to glean the population when Earth becomes a little too, well, populated. Now, two apprentices must vie for a coveted position in the Scythedom, and it soon becomes...

Book Review of HOUSE OF SALT AND SORROWS

Posted on October 30, 2020June 29, 2022 by CJ | A Well-Read Tart

House of Salt and Sorrows is aptly named: there's a heck of a lot of Salt, and there's way more sorrow than necessary plaguing the Thaumas family. The more you read, the more you're like, Sheesh, hasn't this family been through enough??? Despite having more money than Pontus, the one thing they don't have is the ability to keep their women out of harm's way: in the past few years, Annaleigh Thaumas has lost her mother and four -- four! --...